Astronomy:110 Virginis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Virgo
110 Virginis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Virgo
Right ascension  15h 02m 54.03756s[1]
Declination +02° 05′ 28.6957″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.40[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red clump[3]
Spectral type K0.5 IIIb Fe–0.5[4]
B−V color index 1.04[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.2±0.3[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −55.569[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +13.628[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)16.7474 ± 0.129[1] mas
Distance195 ± 2 ly
(59.7 ± 0.5 pc)
Details
Mass1.67[2] M
Radius13.78±0.14[5] R
Luminosity80.4±1.8[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.7[6] cgs
Temperature4,655±24[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.3[6] dex
Age4.52[2] Gyr
Other designations
110 Vir, BD+02°2905, FK5 3190, GC 20237, HD 133165, HIP 73620, HR 5601, SAO 120809[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

110 Virginis is a star in the zodiac constellation Virgo, located 195[1] light-years away from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.40.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.[1]

The stellar classification of 110 Virginis is K0.5 IIIb Fe–0.5,[4] indicating that this is an evolved giant star with a mild underabundance of iron in its spectrum. At the age of 4.5[2] billion years old, it belongs to a sub-category of giants called the red clump, which means it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through the helium fusion at its core.[3] Compared to the Sun, it has 167%[2] of the mass but has expanded to 14 times the size. The enlarged photosphere has an effective temperature of 4,655 K and is radiating 80 times the Sun's luminosity.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal 539 (2): 732–741, doi:10.1086/309278, Bibcode2000ApJ...539..732A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 71: 245, doi:10.1086/191373, Bibcode1989ApJS...71..245K 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Baines, Ellyn K.; Thomas Armstrong, J.; Clark, James H.; Gorney, Jim; Hutter, Donald J.; Jorgensen, Anders M.; Kyte, Casey; Mozurkewich, David et al. (2021), "Angular Diameters and Fundamental Parameters of Forty-four Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal 162 (5): 198, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac2431, Bibcode2021AJ....162..198B 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Hekker, S.; Meléndez, J. (December 2007), "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. III. Spectroscopic stellar parameters", Astronomy & Astrophysics 475 (3): 1003–1009, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078233, Bibcode2007A&A...475.1003H. 
  7. "110 Vir". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=110+Vir. 

Coordinates: Sky map 15h 02m 54.0s, +02° 05′ 28.7″